to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn
spider's thread; spider silk
fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
fretsaw; coping saw; jigsaw
spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg
telephone made from two cans and a piece of string
stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform
colored thread; coloured thread
to lower one's fishing line (into water)
to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); (lit.) to be tied by the red string (of fate)
three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
(doing something) regardless of expense
konnyaku cut into fine threads; konjac noodles
(doing something) regardless of expense
twisting (thread, etc.); twisted yarn; twisted thread; twine
to fish; to have a line in the water
fine thread; fine yarn; filament
stretching out a string; stretching out like a string; silk reeling; silk spinning; pulling someone's strings; appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)
to pull wires; to pull strings
colored thread; coloured thread; thread of cat's cradle; heddle thread
cloth woven from twisted silk yarn
tacking; basting (thread)
thin strips of raw fish and squid
droopy-branch cherry tree
bottom rim of earthenware cup
(spun) silk thread; spun thread (wool, etc.)
braid; braided thread or cord
itobin; 17th century male hairstyle (shaved forehead, chignon, sideburns thinned to the size of a thread)
kanji "thread" radical at left; textile industry
third string (of a shamisen, etc.)
thread guard (e.g. in a spinning machine)
pegbox (of a shamisen, etc.)
silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner
to find a clue; to make a beginning
China-made thread or yarn
binding thread; basting thread
bottom rim of cup or bowl
low count yarn; thick thread
woman factory worker in weaving industry
thread to make seams conspicuous
dupion silk; silk that comes from a double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms
first string (of a shamisen, etc.)
silk or paper with cotton threads
top component of the kanji "thread" radical
groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument; someone's ability to play the shamisen
glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)
gossamer; (arch.) heat haze; (arch.) shimmer of hot air
groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
drizzle; light rain; fine rain
vortex filament; vortex line
light chamfering (engineering)
second string (of a shamisen, etc.)
Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line
nettling thread; stinging filament
slub yarn (yarn with lumps, thickening, etc.)
(musical) strings and bamboo
Yucca smalliana (species of yucca)
coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)
damselfly (Zygoptera spp.); demoiselle
oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris); giant oceanic manta ray
spinetail devil ray (Mobula japonica); Japanese devil ray
African pompano (Alectis ciliaris)
precious wentletrap (Epitonium scalare)
attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor)
Myersina filifer (species of goby)
trapezium horse conch (Pleuroploca trapezium)
chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)
basketfish (Kentrocapros aculeatus)
Ceriagrion nipponicum (species of damselfly)
small pondweed (Potamogeton pusillus)
golden threadfin bream (Nemipterus virgatus); besugo
person sporting an itobin hairstyle